child groom

English

Etymology

Compound of child +‎ groom.

Noun

child groom (plural child grooms)

1. A very young groom (male who is to be married).

   Coordinate term: child bride

   • 2011, J. Marshall Beier, The Militarization of Childhood, page 89:

     In the UK, parliaments for children, satirical culture for youngsters, training for teenage fathers, support for suicidal preteens, and refuges for child grooms are all developments which betray a newly recognized maturity and agency in children […]

Translations

very young groom

• Danish: barnegom c